The reports coming out seem more and more firm about a Libby indictment – but an indictment that is so ridiculous it begs the question of why bother. Libby’s notes say he learned of Valerie from a meeting with Cheney, he said he thought he heard of her from reporters. He did here about her from reporters around the same time.

This is it? Fitzgerald is going to go down as the man who indicted Libby for trying to tell the truth about lies printed in the press. What a way to end a career.

Reuters has a an update on the situation with an interesting portion of wording [emphasis mine]:

But special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald informed President George W. Bush’s top political adviser, Karl Rove, that he would not be among those indicted on Friday, although Fitzgerald indicated that Rove would remain under investigation and in legal jeopardy, legal sources said.

More than Libby, that is for sure.

And Jim Lynch has come out with ‘The Night Before Fitzmas’ to commemorate this led balloon.

MAJOR UPDATE:

My 20 year old daughter was invited to the Bush speech in southern Virginia this morning (member of the College Republicans). She was able to get a 3rd row seat and shake the President’s hand afterwards. How cool is that! Sorry – nothing new on Rove. Just the rantings of a proud father.

REAL UPDATE:

Tom Maguire has a post discussing the fact that it is becoming clear the outing of Plame apparently is not going to be considered a crime. Tom points to indicators that her cover was blown by Aldrich Ames and her last cover was not a very serious attempt to hide her. Not to mention the CIA did not muzzle Wilson after the Kristof and Pincus articles that referred to him anonymously. My view – she was not covered. I still think the fact that Miller thought she was at WINPAC meant she had moved out of CPD by the time Wilson exposed us to his dribble.